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Executives On The Move at Starr Companies, Lemonade and RMS
Starr Companies made a new executive appointment in Seattle. Startup Lemonade hired a chief compliance officer/general counsel. Catastrophe modeling firm RMS brought on a new executive from AXIS ...
Wells Fargo Will Pay $50M to Settle Suit Over Homeowners Fees
Wells Fargo & Co has agreed to pay $50 million to settle a racketeering lawsuit accusing it of overcharging hundreds of thousands of homeowners for appraisals ordered after they defaulted on ...
Super Regional Carrier Rises With Proposed BrickStreet Mutual/Motorists Mutual Affiliation
BrickStreet Mutual Insurance and Motorists Mutual Insurance Co. announced they have begun to formalize an affiliation agreement between the two companies. By affiliating, the insurers said they'll ...
CNA Investment Income Gains Stand Strongly in Steady Q3
CNA Financial Corp's Q3 went very well for the insurer, which is slated to get a new CEO on Nov. 21. Net income soared, thanks to investment gains, catastrophe losses were relatively stable, and the ...
Driverless Taxis Poised to be Transformational for Mass Transit
Mass transit, the lifeblood of cities worldwide, is under threat from the biggest innovation in automotive technology since Henry Ford's assembly line first flooded streets with cars. The ...
Judge Rejects U.S. Airlines’ Bid to Quash Price-Fixing Lawsuit
A federal judge rejected a bid by the four largest U.S. airlines to dismiss nationwide antitrust litigation by passengers who accused them of conspiring to raise fares by keeping seating capacity ...
The Hartford Performs Well in Q3, Despite Continued Personal Lines Challenges
The Hartford's net income grew by double digits in the 2016 third quarter, buoyed by strong commercial lines results. Personal lines, on the other hand, produced a big underwriting loss, thanks to ...
AmTrust to Pay $90M for Workers Comp Insurer AmeriHealth Casualty
AmTrust Financial Services plans to pay $90 million in cash for a regional U.S. workers compensation insurer, its last acquisition in a year of several M&A transactions. The New York City-based ...